Housing
Rubber bullets fired at EFF-led Brakpan land occupiers
300 shacks demolished but occupiers say they are not leaving
News | 27 June 2018
Protesters accuse ANC of job favouritism and shut down construction site
Residents of KwaNobuhle demand repairs to their RDP homes
Brief | 27 June 2018
Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?
It’s an idea whose time has come but it is not a cure-all
GroundView | 27 June 2018
De Lille and protesters in tense stand-off
Vrygrond residents furious that the mayor addressed media before them, while she accused the community’s leadership of rejecting all the City’s proposals
News | 26 June 2018
Officials don’t understand how much I struggle to survive, says land occupier
Shacks demolished on state-owned land in Khayelitsha
By Vincent Lali
News | 26 June 2018
Battle for Bo-Kaap’s future
Residents are protesting against gentrification but a heritage consultant is sceptical of “nostalgia of an imagined past”
Text by Aidan Jones. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 26 June 2018
“This area is used as a dumpsite” says Mandela Park resident
Residents accuse the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of neglecting their informal settlement. They believe politicians only visit the area to garner votes.
By Chris Gilili
News | 25 June 2018
EFF runs land occupation in Brakpan
But the municipality, which owns the land, wants to develop it for housing
News | 22 June 2018
Occupiers take over Old Mutual property
Company says the flats and surrounding land were earmarked for a low-cost housing project
News | 22 June 2018